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Outcome-focused Management in the United Kingdom

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18-Aug-2009

In 1998, the Government of the United Kingdom conducted a ComprehensiveSpending Review which examined the resources allocated to each area of spending,and for the first time decided on and published the ...

Lessons from Australian and British Reforms in Results oriented Financial Management

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11-Aug-2009

Reform of government financial management systems in the past decade has seen developments in accrual accounting and in results-based budgeting and reporting. Australia has worked with an accrual-based ...

The United Kingdom Private Finance Initiative

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11-Aug-2009

Since 1992, the United Kingdom has used a new type of public-private partnership for the delivery of public services: the Private Finance Initiative. In the design of PFI projects, the assessment of risk, ...

Public Investment in the United Kingdom

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10-Aug-2009

The new fiscal and expenditure policy framework adopted in the United Kingdom in 1997 included clear fiscal rules and a reformed system of budgetary controls and capital appraisal procedures. Those macro ...

Performance Budgeting in the United Kingdom

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29-Jul-2009

This article discusses the United Kingdom framework for performance budgeting and management and its evolution from 1998 onwards, primarily focused on the period 1998-2007. Public service agreements (PSAs) ...

Financial stability in the United Kingdom: Banking on prudence

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22-Jul-2009

Philip Davis

This paper reviews the supervisory and regulatory framework and the many reforms that have already been adopted to remedy these weaknesses. It also provides recommendations for further reforms. 

Better Regulation: Synthesis of the reports on Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal and United Kingdom

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15-Jul-2009

The EU 15 project is a partnership between the OECD and the EU Commission. It aims to assess regulatory management capacities in 15 member states of the EU, describes trends in their development, and identifies gaps in relation to good practice.

Better Regulation in the United Kingdom

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10-Jul-2009

The EU 15 project is a partnership between the OECD and the EU Commission. It aims to assess regulatory management capacities in 15 member states of the EU, describes trends in their development, and identifies gaps in relation to good practice.

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: Restoring sound public finances

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29-Jun-2009

As in most other OECD countries, the fiscal situation in the UK has deteriorated sharply. While to date the discretionary fiscal stimulus has been relatively modest, after around the turn of the century ...

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for the UK

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23-Jun-2009

The United Kingdom’s private pension funds have been heavily hit by the financial crisis, with real losses of 17.4% in 2008... The proportion of retirement income package from voluntary private pensions in the UK is the highest among OECD countries.

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